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[Pages:47]1914-1918:

The World

at War

Depth Study A: The First World War 1914-1918 Pages 156-189 Mr. Corey

What will we cover today?

? Why was there a stalemate on the Western Front?

? What was living and fighting in the trenches like?

? Why did the war become bogged down in the trenches?

? How important were new developments such as tanks, machine guns, aircraft and gas?

? What was the significance of the battles of Verdun and Somme?

Why was there stalemate on the

Western Front?

? By December 1914 the race to the sea was over.

? Neither side had managed to seize the advantage and outflank the other, therefore both sides had dug in.

? What had started as a war of rapid movement was now a war of attrition*.

? Attrition ? the act or process of weakening and gradually defeating an enemy through constant attacks and continued pressure over a long period of time.

Why was there stalemate on the

Western Front?

? Trench warfare developed, as both the German and Allied forces dug trenches as shelter from enemy fire.

? The trenches were used as positions from which to attack the other side.

The look of a trench

What was living and fighting in the

trenches like?

? 4-4-4 what does this mean? ? Rats and lice ? Disease ? The weather ? Psychological Problems ? Boredom

Why did the war become bogged

down in the trenches?

? The first reason is that trench warfare was defensive rather than offensive.

? We will be looking at Ypres and the battle of Verdun.

The battle of Ypres

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